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G. E. HART.

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Patented Feb. 5 1%84.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rErcE.

GEORGE E. HART, OE \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE XVA TERBURYWATCH COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WATCH-DIAL.

SPECIFICATICN forming part of Letters Patent No, 293,170, dated February5, 1884.

1'0 aZZ whomjt may concern.- Be it known that I, GEORGE E. IIART, ofIVaterbury, in the county of New Haven, and

in the State of Connecticut, have invented cer-* separated from eachother, and Fig. 3 is alike.

view of said dial completed and ready for use. Letters of like name andkind refer to like parts in each of the figures. I

The design of my invention is to improve the quality and to lessen thecost of watchdials; to which end said invention consists, as

'a new article of manufacture, in a watch-dial composed of a metal baseor body covered with paper which has printed upon its surface thenecessary letters, figures, or characters, and time-division marks, andsuch surface then coated with and protected by means of celluloid,substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

In the construction of my dials A, a sheet of suitable paper, B, issubjected to the action of an engraved plate, and upon its surfaceproduced the necessary divisionanarks, iletters,

figures, or characters for a number of dials,

(Modcla a solution of celluloid dissolved in alcohol and ether, and saidsheet then passed between rollers or subjected to the action of a pressfor the purpose of giving a finish to said surface thus coated. Eachdial is now out from the sheet and is applied to a metal plate, 0, andcaused to adhere thereto by means of any suitable adhesive preparation.A dial thus constructed costs but a fraction of the expense necessaryfor the production of an enameled dial. Its durability is greatcrinconsequence of the flexibility of its surface and the impos' sibility ofinjuring the same by any ordinary usage, and it is more accurate in itstime divisions and figuring than would be possible to any other kind ofdial.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new 1s- As a new article of manufacture, a watch dialcomposed of a metal base or body covered with paper which has printedupon its surface the necessary letters, figures, or char acters and timedivision marks, and such surface then coated with and protected by meansof celluloid, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this20th day of July, 1883.

' GEO iGE HART.

\Vitnesses:

E. L. Bnoxsox, GEO. S. PRINDLE,

